Defenseman Kevin Bieksa tied it 7:02 into the third period, Henrik Sedin scored on a power play 1:19 later, and the Vancouver Canucks came back to open their first Western Conference final in 17 years with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.

Versus analyst Jeremy Roenick caused the Twitter-sphere to erupt when he called San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau's performance "gutless" on air after the Detroit Red Wings' come-from-behind win in Game 5 Sunday night.

It was only a few days ago that the Detroit Red Wings spoke of how they don't get involved in scrums, how it's a waste of time. But the San Jose Sharks seem to be succeeding in needling the Wings, determined especially to shower Jimmy Howard with snow.

Little-used Benn Ferriero scored 7:03 into overtime of his playoff debut on a deflected goal that gave the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series.